My first engine swap build thread

[freshtiva]

Wes said they are Pro alloys off of a Protege. They are 14 X 5.5 seven spoke. Wes is a walking encylopedia of cars and car parts !

[eurotiva]

Put those on already we are ready to see pics. What are they off of?

[freshtiva]

Just thought of this. Are you gonna switch to studs on the calibers?

Yes I think I will, Wes suggested the same thing.

[freshtiva]

" have got to see the prodigious amount of Festiva's that are ubiquitous at the ranch "


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An eloquent rhetorical oration. Packrat you and Penny are welcome as rain anytime !!!!

[packrat427]

Awesome stuff there !! Nice pics and stories

I really like those wheels Marcus !!

Hopefully some day , the wife and I will make it to the ranch .

I have got to see the prodigious amount of Festiva's that are ubiquitous at the ranch

[91blufestiva]

Just thought of this. Are you gonna switch to studs on the calibers?

[sasquatch]

looks like fun altho that goop looks messy lol... i like the rims

[91blufestiva]

Sounds like a lot of fun! Can't wait to see all of those wheels mounted on that car, looks like they are going to be sweet!

[Festiva_Fred]

^Sweet! Thank you Wes and Marcus!

[festivaWES]

For the record, Fresh does some top quality notch work himself, and has a BUTT-load of awesome rare parts!!

[festivaWES]

To bad that automatic trans case was cracked..... J/K Fred. I had a great time with Marcus, and the festiva ranch is a very cool place, secluded in the woods, but I tracked the place down. My camera was acting up so i didn't get any photos. Found lots of aspire steelies at the yards Fred, but i didn't get any for you this trip. I have some goodies for you though. I'll be getting wheels for you in the next few weeks, I wanna go up there when they crush their old stock and get new cars in.

I got at the junkyard 1 black mazda emblem for Fred, going back for a white lettering on black background one for you for the grill, 4 Mazda center caps like the festiva ones, again for you Fred, a pair of sideskirts for my wifes 99 eclipse, and a couple tan eclipse interior pieces. Fred they had 3 mazda steel rims on a 323 "bubble" 90-94. And a couple cars away a set of pristine 13" trim rings.

We saw ALOT of MX-3, one with every engine option, even had a k8 there mated to a 5 speed. Couple BP's, one B8, couple late model B6's *Fred*....one with 90k on it.

All in all i had a great time, wished i could of went to Rueben's house but had no spare time left. Told the wife I'd make it back by 6pm and thats exactly when i walked in the door.

[freshtiva]

Found some things we were looking for but not everything. I sent some stuff your way Ford for Life

[Festiva_Fred]

Nice update! Wes will be doing a windshield swap on my L+ sometime.. you guys find anything cool at the JY?

[freshtiva]

Some guy in a dropped S-10 pickup showed up at the ranch early this morning and replaced the cracked windsheild in my car. I had some donor glass off of the parts car. The guy knows his stuff and did a very professional job. I was impressed !! Didnt take any time at all. Just so happened the guy also had some alloy wheels with the aspire bolt pattern to sell me too. Whats the odds of that happening ? Later we hung out at the self serve J/Ys. It was excellent !! Also made a how to DIYS rear glass replacement video straight from the festiva ranch that I'll post in the video forum later.

[freshtiva]

WOW!
I just came across this thread for the first time and skimmed through all your posts.
Looks real nice!
I bet it smells nice too now. haha.

Are you using the stock wheels with those tires or a different size?

Thanks, I got the wheels off of a 96 mazda protege. $4.99 each.